A flood hydrology roadmap recently released sets out a vision to help scientists and practitioners better predict future flood events and improve flood resilience across the UK.

The roadmap, which brings together the views of more than 100 experts from over 50 organisations, will improve hydrological data, models and science which can be used to inform how we adapt to flood risk from our rivers, surface water, groundwater and reservoirs.

These models will underpin flood risk management for decades to come, with benefits to areas including:

• design and maintenance of flood defences;
• national and local flood risk assessment and mapping;
• the design and operation of flood forecasting and warning schemes;
• design and operation of sustainable drainage systems; and
• understanding the impact of climate change on future flood risk.

More on this story can be found in ENDs report [behind paywall] and on the government website here.